TeletypeNitel teletype SAC Seattle to Director re NORJAK drop zone near La Center and request to conduct ground search8 March 1972page 3 of 3
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Part 23, page 100

DB Cooper-7247

Document date 8 March 1972

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

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[guess: seattle] furnished BE CARRIED TO SITE BY BUCARS, ARMY COMPANY TO PROVIDE OWN COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES. IF APPROVED, I WOULD PERSONALLY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM MAJOR BOLLING AND BUREAU REQUESTED TO HAVE AGENTS FROM NEIGHBORING OFFICES AVAILABLE AT LONGVIEW RA NO LATER THAN SIX O'CLOCK P.M., MARCH FOURTEEN NEXT.

IT IS ESTIMATED SEARCH WITH COMPANY OF ARMY PERSONNEL AND TWENTY AGENTS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS OR LESS.

I WOULD PERSONALLY BE PRESENT DURING EARLY STAGES OF SEARCH AND WOULD SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS OTHER COMMITMENTS PERMIT AND IN [handwritten insertion: on relief] MY ABSENCE, DIRECTION WOULD BE BY SENIOR RESIDENT AGENT THOMAS J. MANNING, A MATURE, ABLE AGENT AT LONGVIEW,

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who is intimately acquainted with terrain and case. [illegible] Individuals residing on land in area involved will be contacted in advance of search for permission to search their land.

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Approved: ________ Special Agent in Charge Sent ________ M Per ________ DB Cooper-7247